Spraying apparatus



c. D. ZIPETO.

SPRAYlNG APPARATUS. APPLICATION Fl-LED APR- IB I919- 1,329, 103, rimmed Jan. 27, 1920.

atfomaua COSMO DAMIANO ZIPETU, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK.

SPRAYING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

Application filed April 18, 1919. Serial No. 290,970.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it .known that I, CosMo DAMIANO ZIPETO, a. subject of the King of Italy, (who has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States of America.) residing at Elmira, in the county of Chemung and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spraying Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an apparatus serviceable alike for spraying purposes as well as inflating 'automobile tires and for fire extinguishing purposes, the structure possessing" simplicity and capable of perfectly performing the objects for which it is designed.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus for spraying fruit trees and plants, serviceable either out of doors or in a green-house, whereby the fluid is sprayed by means of air pressure without the necessity of the direct pumping of the fluid.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an apparatus having in a unitary structure means for spraying trees, pumping fresh water, fire protecting apparatus and a greenhouse and lawn sprinkler, the structure being easy and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these general objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and claimed.

In the drawing, like designating charao ters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views, and

Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view through the invention, with the line of sectionthrough the spherical casing 13 at one sideof the true vertical plane. and

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view thereof taken upon line IIII of Fig. 1.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, my invention comprises a tank or outer casing having a bottom 11 provided with a flange or legs 12 whereby the tank is supported slightly elevated, a top 13 being screw threaded upon the upper end of the tank. A pump cylinder 11 is secured in the tank 10 adjacent the side thereof having a closure the rod 16 and piston 17 while the goose neck 19 is also serviceable as the handle for performing the pumping operation.

A receptacle 22 is mounted substantially centrally within the tank 10 having a vertical outlet pipe 23 projecting through the top 13 of the tank and provided with a hose 24. The inner flared end 25 of the pipe 23 is preferably closed excepting for perforations provided therein while a controlling valve 26 at the outer end of the pipe 23 controls the passa e of outgoing fluid through said pipe and the hose 2%.

A curved pipe 27 leads from a point within the receptacle 22 through the side thereof and through the cylinder 14: while a valve 28 in the pipe 27 between the receptacle 22 and cylinder 14: is adapted for control by a rod- 29 radially extending outwardly of the tank 10 and provided with an operating handle 30. The ball valve is provided for the inner end of the pipe 27 comprising a hollow metal sphere or cage 31 surrounding the open end of the pipe 27 and having perforations 32 in its upper side, while a globe valve 33 is positioned inthe cage 31 normally seated by reason of its own weight in closing position overlying the pipe 27.

An outlet pipe 34 is tapped through the side of the tank 10 and cylinder 14. provided with a check valve 35 and a globe valve 3%. A hose 37 upon the outer end of the pipe 341 is serviceable for inflating automobile tires when desired.

A pipe 38 beneath the bottom 11 of the tank 10 connects with the interior of the tank by means of a strainer head 39 positioned in said bottom 11 communicating with the fluid 4-0 within said tank 10. A branch pipe 11 from the pipe 38 enters the bottom of the pump cylinder 11 having a ball valve 412 for normally closing the inner end of the branch pipe 41, a spherical casing 43 having perforations 44: therein forming a housing for .the ball 42 within the cylinder 14. A valve 45 in the pipe 38 between the head 39 and branch pipe 41 has an operating rod 46 leading outwardly adjacent one side of the tank 10 while a manually controlled shut-off valve 47 is provided in the pipe 38 outwardly of the branch pipe 41, an inlet hose 48 being provided for the free end of said pipe 38.

An entrance valve 49 for fluid is provided in the top 13 of the tank 10 having a normally closed spring pressed valve 50 permitting the entrance of fluid 40 into the tank.

Upon closing the valves 28 and 45 and opening the valves 47 and 36, the piston 17 may be operated by the handles 19 and 21 for drawing air into the cylinder 14 through the hose 48 and valve 42 and forcing the air outwardly through the valves 35 and 36 and hose 37 for inflating tires. Upon closing the valves 47 and 36 and opening the valves 28 and 45, the operation of the piston 17 draws some of the fluid 40 through the pipe 38 and valve 42 into the cylinder 14 and then forces it through the pipe 27 and valve 33 into the receptacle 22. With the valve 26 closed, the valve 45 may be also closed and with the valves 28 and 47 open, the operation of the piston 17 will draw air through the hose 48 and valve 42 into the cylinder 14 and then forces it through the pipe 27 and valve 33 into the receptacle 22 where the air will be compressed forming a pneumatic cushion within the receptacle for the expulsion of whatever fluid is con tained therein. The valve 28 may be then closed, although the valve 33 automatically seats in its closed position after the entrance of fluid through the valve 33. Upon opening the valve 26, the air in the receptacle 22 forces the fluid in said receptacle out through the Dine a3 and hose 24 for such purposes as filling an automobile radiator, spra ing trees, or plants, or for fire extinguishing purposes, if desired.

In a similar manner, the valves 36 and 45 may he closed and the valves 28 and 47 opened permitting the operation of the piston 17 to draw air or. other fluid through the hose 48 into the bottom of the cylinder 14 and force the same through the pipe 27 into the receptacle 22 whereupon the opening of the valve 26 permits the piston 17 to force the fluid outwardly through the pipe 2.3 and hose 24 for any purposes de sired.

A serviceable apparatus is provided operable in a number of different wavs for forcing the delivery or spraying of fluid as found desirable, the same being especially serviceable in connection with motor vehicles where it is desired to occasionally inflate tires with air, more frequently to supply the radiator with water, as well as periodically to wash the machine by spraying or streaming washing fluid upon the vehicle.

What I claim as new is 1. A device of the class described comprising a tank having a top and bottom, a fluid inlet in the top of the tank, a centrally arranged receptacle within the tank, apump cylinder within the tank at one side thereof spaced from the receptacle, a curved pipe leading from the cylinder into the receptacle, a controlling ball valve at the inner end of said pipe. a manually controlled valve in said curved pipe between the receptacle and cylinder operable at a point outwardly of the tank, a reciprocating piston in the cylinder above the level of the adjacent end of said curved pipe, an outlet pipe for the receptacle extending through the tank and outwardly thereof, a conduit beneath the tank communicating with the interior there of, a branch pipe carried by said conduit entering the lower end of the cylinder, a normally closed ball valve upon the inner end of said branch pipe, controlling valves in said conduit at opposite sides of the branch pipe adapted for controlling the entrance of fluid from the tank and air from the atmosphere at will through the branch pipe into the cylinder for passing through the curved pipe into said receptacle.

2. A device of the class described comprising a tank, a receptacle therein, an outlet pipe for the receptacle passing through the tank, a controlling valve for said outlet pipe, a pump cylinder in the tank spaced from the receptacle, an operating piston in the cylinder, a rod for said piston extending exteriorly of'the tank, a curved pipe communicating with the cylinder beneath the piston when in its lowered position extending inwardly of the receptacle and upwardly therein, a normally seated ball valve upon the inner upper end of said curved pipe, a manually controlled valve in said curved pipe between the receptacle and cylinder. operating means for said manually controlled valve extending through the tank and projecting exteriorly thereof, a conduit beneath the tank, a strainer head upon one end of said conduit projecting through the bottom of the tank communicating with the interior thereof, a normally closed fluid entrance for the top of the tank, a branch pipe leading from said conduit into the lower end of the cylinder, a normally closed ball valve upon the upper inner end of the branch pipe, an inlet hose upon the free end of the conduit outwardly of the branch pipe and manually operable controlling valves in the conduit at opposite sides of the branch pipe adapted for permitting the pumping of fluid from the tank into the cylinder and thence into the receptacle or the pumping of air through said hose into the cylinder and thence to the receptacle at will.

3. In combination with a fluid receiving tank, an air receptacle therein, a fluid pump within the tank comprising a cylinder spaced from the receptacle, a conduit communicating between the lower ends of said tank and cylinder, a normally closed automatic valve for said conduit in the cylinder, manually controlled air entrance means for said conduit, manually and automatically controlled fluid connections between said 10 cylinder and receptacle and a valved outlet for the receptacle extending exteriorly of the tank.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

0. DAMIANO ZIPETO. 

